The staffing decision in hrmanagement only requires you to consider the number of employees needed for the next quarter, but as a human resources manager, you must be able to forecast labor requirements beyond the immediate future. 1. given productivity of 200 units/worker, project the number of level 1 employees needed to meet the production goals forecasted in the table below. production goal employees required current qtr. qtr. + 1 qtr. + 2 qtr. + 3 100,000 105,000 110,000 107,000 500 525 550 535 2. when might it make sense to require overtime, rather than hire enough new employees to meet production goals? how might reliance on overtime have a negative effect? when overtime cost is less than or equal to hiring a new employees, without resulting in excessive overtime which may cause increased turnover and lower morale. 3. assuming you want to keep the number of employees fixed at 500, project the required productivity to meet production goals. production goal employees required current qtr. qtr. + 1 qtr. + 2 qtr. + 3 100,000 105,000 110,000 107,000 200 210 220 214 4. what steps can you take to improve productivity? create grievance procedure, provide better benefits, increase wages.